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THURSDAY, May 17, 2018 (HealthDay News) — Diabetes-attributable nursing home costs are substantial, but vary greatly across the nation, according to a study published online May 14 in Diabetes Care<\/i>.<\/p>\n
Simon J. Neuwahl, M.S.P.H., from RTI International in Research Triangle Park, N.C., and colleagues estimated nursing home costs attributable to diabetes (in 2013 $) in aggregate and per person with diabetes in each state.<\/p>\n
The researchers found that the fraction of total nursing home expenditures attributable to diabetes ranged from 12.3 percent in Illinois to 22.5 percent in Washington, D.C., with a median attributable fraction of 15.6 percent in New Jersey. Diabetes-attributable nursing home costs nationally were $18.6 billion. At the state level, diabetes-attributable costs ranged from $21 million in Alaska to $2.0 billion in California. Per-person diabetes-attributable nursing home costs ranged from $374 in New Mexico to $1,610 in Washington, D.C., with a median of $799 in Maine.<\/p>\n
“These estimates could serve as critical inputs for planning and evaluating diabetes prevention and management interventions that can keep people healthier and living longer in their communities,” the authors write.<\/p>\n
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